Bayes' theorem explained with examples and implications for life.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 753 views • 10:37

YouTube: How the brain works, how we learn, and why we sometimes make stupid mistakes.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 764 views • 12:10

YouTube: For a long time we thought the Moon was completely dry, but it turns out there are actually three sources of lunar water.

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 385 views • 6:04

YouTube: Spinning magnets near copper sheets create levitation!

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 290 views • 6:19

YT: Why we can't seem to agree on what's true when it's easier than ever to check.

posted by ChaosEngine 8 years ago • 109 views • 19:02

YouTube: Used in everything from bullet-proof vests to the walls of the Pentagon, polyurea's strength comes from its long-chain molecules.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 weeks ago • 1,637 views • 7:09

YouTube: The crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 weeks ago • 665 views • 5:24

Silicone oil droplets provide a physical realization of pilot wave theories. -yt

posted by eric3579 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 798 views • 7:41

YouTube: All the large-scale structure in the universe may owe its existence to nothing.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 264 views • 5:31

YouTube: Virtual particles are a way of talking about fields and their interactions as though particles are doing all the work. This is why there is some controversy around using the term 'virtual particles'.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 1 week ago • 26 views • 8:43

YouTube: Mounting evidence suggests a lot of published research is false.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 321 views • 12:22

Learn how cognitive ease distorts what we believe to be true. I find this especially fascinating.

posted by eric3579 8 years 5 months ago • 1,622 views • 8:26

How to yo-yo without a string attached... So many crazy tricks and the science that makes it possible.

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 437 views • 4:52

YouTube: Celsius never devised nor used the scale that now bears his name.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 210 views • 8:12

No GMO's allowed!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 308 views • 9:17

YouTube: What is the specious present? And how do our brains perceive time?

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months ago • 63 views • 7:53

YouTube: Why is there a bright spot behind spherical objects?

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 60 views • 7:20

YouTube: Stained glass is thicker at the bottom - so is it a liquid? Earth's mantle enables plate tectonics, so is it a liquid?

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 471 views • 7:02

Cultivate random acquaintances.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 369 views • 9:23